The hill I'll die on is saying that Terry Pratchett had more of a queer feminist perspective than any cis male writer has ever had.

Why does the legal definition of genocide only apply to ethnic groups? Because governments around the world looked at what the NAZIs did to disabled and queer people, then wished they could do the same. Which is the same with why they don't want they label of genocide to apply to Palestinians. 1/4

A little reminder for Andy Burnham. There's no middle ground between people wanting to exist and people who don't want those people to exist. Ironicly, those positions are a binary. You can't exclude trans people from public life in a fair way. You can't do a genocide on us compassionately.

What's this, Andy Burnham throwing people under the bus as soon as it's politically convenient to do so? If he's already changing his tune now, he'd be a total Starmer clone if he becomes PM. The idea he'd be any different to the rest of the ghouls at the top of the Labour Party was pure cope.

To head this off, we were always planning on contesting the election. The perceived delay in announcing a candidate was the local party membership selecting a candidate. Unlike other parties, our local members always choose who they want to represent them. No one is ever gifted a constituency.

Happy Lesbian Visibility Day! Today is a day that we celebrate lesbians, and the huge contribution they have made to the LGBTIQA+ movement. Today, when much of the LGBTIQA+ community is under attack, this solidarity matters as much as ever. Solidarity, always. 🧡🤍💜

I'm not surprised. Women tend to correctly see the issue of climate change as political. Governments aren't insensitivising renewable energy and things like insulation to reduce energy usage. Men tend to see the issue as a technology one. We just haven't built or researched the big machines yet.

I came to Bristol 18 years ago through Parkway and now I'm leaving Bristol through the same train station. So my adventure living in Bristol has come full circle. It isn't good bye, I'll be back to visit not so long in the future. I'm just off to Manchester to have new adventures in the day to day.

The Green Party has had this "generational divide" for at least two decades at this point. There's always been people trying to make us into a single issue party, not the majority of older members, just a very vocal few. They've definitively lost the argument now as we're more popular than ever.

As much as I respect Zarah, this is a pretty brain-dead take. Is she really saying she isn't against a Nazi who wrote a Nazi song for Nazis? I don't know, I think opposing all forms of fascism and genocide is possible.

Proud of my Green Party colleagues in Wales for the health section of our manifesto for the Senedd elections. Making it clear that health outcomes should take centre stage in the NHS. And of course, the BBC is leading with making out that medication for young trans people is controversial.

I always find it much easier to talk about being trans than ace. Have to educate even progressive people on the basics of what asexuality is. So I really feel what Charlie is saying here.

I changed my name a long time ago, but if you're trans and need to make your choosen name your legal name, or a leader of a political party reconnecting with his Jewish roots. Then, this is a great free tool to put together a deed poll.

It's a week to go until I'm moving to Manchester. First time I've moved cities since I moved to Bristol for uni 18 years ago. Already quite physically and emotionally drained from packing and everything else, but we continue.

Horrific, but typical. Labour stopped Rosa's support workers from assisting her in council meetings, then as she was unable to attend, removed her from her seat. They were fine with her support until she did inconvenient things like speak against disability benefits cuts and genocide in Palestine.

Greens are the only party that can beat Reform. Also, Labour is really unprepared for what's about to happen to them in the Senedd and local elections this May.

My suspicion has been Democracy Volunteers are applying an overly broad definition of family voting going far beyond the legal definition. Now it's clear their reporting on the Gorton and Denton by-election was disingenuous at best. Farage is obviously still running with it, all the way into hell.

I am the proposer of this motion, so no co-proposal from me, but I would like to just thank the hard working people who have worked on both the gender-based sports ban motion and this emergency motion. We're all hard grafters. We see opportunities to improve or clarify our positions and we take it.

I've co-proposed this motion. The horrific history of gender testing should not be repeated. In 1999, the IOC stopped testing for SRY because of the negative impact on athletes, and the chance of false positives is very high. It's appalling that they are taking women’s sport back 27 years.

I really hope the Good Law Project takes this on, or someone else will fund a claim right up to the European Court of Human Rights if needed. If organisations are going to bow down to the threats of legal action by transphobic groups, then this is the way to counter it if the EA 2010 isn't amended.

From the LibDem conference agenda. I think LibDems might have their own definition of platforming. I would have more respect if they tried justifying hosting well known transphobes at their conference, instead of lying to our faces.

Green Party drug policy was written by experts, which included doctors, people who lost their child to drugs and even a former police chief. Instead of engaging in good faith to reduce addiction and deaths, Labour chooses to fear monger and perpetrate a harmful approach to drugs that does not work.

I agree with Reform and the LibDems. Churchill shouldn't be replaced by a beaver or a badger... Because he should be replaced by a frog, look at the colour of a fiver, would be perfect for a frog.

This is a cross party statement in solidarity with @greenpartyhan.bsky.social after what happened this weekend. Thanks to all the LGBT and Feminist organisations within all the respective parties for signing this, and it was amazing working with you all.

I second everything Melissa has said. I'm looking forward to a great second year as co-chair of LGBTIQA+ Greens.

It wouldn't be a right-wing Labour government if they didn't jump into another illegal war on the Middle East at the behest of the US president. Starmer has put service personnel and civilians in Cyprus in danger by enabling US war crimes. I doubt he'll have the restraint to stop the escalation.

We're officially not a small party anymore. 200,000 members, beating Labour and Reform in a three horse race, and gaining more councillors most weeks. It's very different from when I joined almost 10 years ago. We're now the progressive left-wing party to be a part of to enact change, so join us!

Poor Labour. If only Reform hadn't split their vote.

Greens have smashed it in Gorton and Denton! Hannah Spencer is now our 5th MP! Reform and Labour coming in a distant second and third, respectively. Our message is clear we are here to replace Labour and stop Reform. Bring on the Senedd and local elections in May!

Labour losing in Gorton and Denton is the result of their whole election strategy being, pointing to Reform and saying we're not them, while pursuing Reform's policy platform. If you want to say you're the alternative to something, you can't be exactly the same as that thing.

Pure cope. Greens were able to mobilise on mass as the last general election to win our four targets, when we were less the third of the size we are now. Also, it sounds like the Labour Party is admitting they couldn't mobilise enough people to defend the seat, which is embarrassing for them.

Reading Democracy Volunteers' thoughts on postal votes, they really take issue with it and how it could enable family voting. Especially with people handing in multiple postal votes to polling stations. I'd be interested to know details about the family voting they witnessed in Gorton and Denton.

It's really not extraordinary. It's clear from the Cass review paired with the proposed schools guidance with how she treats social transtion, that she is saying that is like a gateway drug. The mess up thing she is putting forward is if people stop using correct pronouns etc people won't be trans.

A statement on the High Court ruling and the recent guidance from the Department of Education regarding trans youth.

Today's ruling on the EHRC's interim guidance is a disappointing, confusing and mixed picture. A trans woman who is a customer in a café can use the women's toilets, but if she works there she might not be able to. Once again everyday life is being made a legal labyrinth for trans people.

In @lgbtiqagreens.bsky.social we are working through the proposed guidance from the Department of Education. Will say at this point that most of reporting on it is dishonest at best. There's so many caveats for a school to "allow" social transition that in practice the vast majority of them won't.

I hate that things have devolved into an argument on whether the UK should spend more on defence. It's a nonsense framing that suggests the bigger the number, the more secure we are. We should be talking about how we achieve peace. Not just mindlessly funnel money, thinking that will keep us safe.

Our AGM and @transgreens.bsky.social Interim Committee last week voted to leave X/Twitter. It is quite simply untenable to continue as we were, in the backdrop of everything going on.

I'm lost for words. The US doing imperialism in Latin America and breaking international law is nothing new. But in the past, they at least tried to hide what they were doing. The US is a full-on rogue state under Trump. Any world leaders that don't condemn these actions are unfit for office.

I totally agree there is no such thing as a "perfect Green." The aim isn't everyone to become Vegan, it's that meat production is reduced and is more ethical. We don't want to stop people driving and flying. We want active travel to be safe and public transport to be a cheap and viable option.

What I hate most about the Girl Guides banning trans girls and women is that they do the double speak of being inclusive and saying we were forced to do it. They weren't forced to, and even if the law worked that way, you can't be inclusive while enforcing discrimination of the state.

Why does it seem impossible for governments not to walk lock-step towards authoritarianism these days? Crack down on protests, proscribing Palestine Action, and now getting rid jury trials. I don't know how Labour could open the door more for Reform to do a fascist takeover of this country.

Last Green Party conference when we passed our desegregation of trans healthcare motion. Not vague commitments to trans liberation, but actual policy that would address issues facing trans people. 5 people online and 0 in the room voted against, plus no speeches against out of 1000s attending. 1/4

4000 LGBTIQA+ Greens members mean we've doubled since Zack became leader. We have big proposals to how we organise coming to our AGM, so we can keep growing and better nurture grassroots organising.

Want to be part of that #GreenSurge of hope? join.greenparty.org.uk

A few hours later, Brianna Wu showing why none of us should trust her. Doubling down on her transmedicalism and continuing to be a shill for Israel. I'm for people changing and trying to repair the damage they've done, but a faux apology where they don't recognise any harm they've done, ain't it.

The EHRC is making trans people afraid to live a public life through segregation. The suffragettes and the black civil rights movement included property damage in its direct action. Be on the right side of history by recognising the harm being done instead of hand-wringing over a smash window.

Now, half of the councillors in Bristol are Greens! And we have a fantastic 35th member joining the Green group! We've replaced Labour in Bristol and soon the rest of the country.

Gender Identity Clinics are a segregating bottleneck to gender-affirming healthcare 🏥 An informed consent model of care is vital to tackle the backlog & deliver trans people health equity 🏳️‍⚧️ That’s why the Green Party will abolish GICs, funding & training GPs to care for trans people equitably 💚

Let asylum seekers work, find their own place to live, and provide language lessons. How can asylum seekers "integrate" or "contribute to society" if the government doesn't allow them to?